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hey jumpers ..i no this mite be stupid question but cause im new to this great sport but when you do a cut away do you have to buy another main chute or is the other ok to salvage.thanks to every one that answers my quesies much apreciated...

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They're almost always okay to reuse. Unless the malfunction itself is one that damages the canopy beyond reasonable repair (for example a major tear or tears in the canopy fabric itself) or the canopy lands somewhere that then causes it major damage, you recover your main, reattach it, and jump again once your reserve is repacked.

Of course, sometimes mains go missing after cutaways ...

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